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Robel Temesgen

Biography

​Robel Temesgen (b. 1987) is currently a Ph.D. fellow in Artistic Practice at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. He received MFA from Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art, University of Tromsø, Norway in 2015, and a BFA in Fine Art (Painting) from Alle School of Fine Arts and Design, Addis Ababa University in 2010. Through Painting, publication, and installation, Temesgen’s work focuses on symbiotic relations and the languages around places, people, and spirits. His lengthy projects include Adbar (), Addis Newspaper, and Practicing Water. Temesgen’s work has been widely exhibited on international platforms in solo and group shows including Kunsthall Oslo (2023), Lingen Konsthalle, Lingen (2022), Tromso Kunstforening, Tromso (2022), ARoS Museum, Aarhus (2021), Para Site, Hong Kong (2021), Kunsthall Oslo, Olso (2019), Portico Library, Manchester (2019), Circle Art Agency, Nairobi (2019), Addis Foto Fest, Addis Ababa (2018), Modern Art Museum, Addis Ababa (2018), Tiwani Contemporary Art Gallery, London (2018), Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2017), Marabouparken, Stockholm (2017), Nada Art Fair, Miami (2016), Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2016), Tromsø Kunstforening (2016), Tiwani Contemporary Art Gallery, London (2016), Kurant Visningsrom, Tromsø (2015), Addis International Video Art Festival, Addis Ababa (2015), Lumen Festival, New York (2015), Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2014) and Modern Art Museum/Gebre Kristos Desta Center, Addis Ababa (2013). He received several awards and fellowships, Lingen Art Prize (2022), Junge Akademie, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2018), and IASPIS, Stockholm (2017), to mention a few. Temesgen is a Lecturer at Alle School of fine arts and Design, Addis Ababa University, and lives between Addis Ababa and Oslo.

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RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS: 2022 – Lingen art Prize, Kunsthall Lingen, Germany; 2022 – ​Exhibition Grant, Kunstsentren i Norge, Norway; 2018 – First Africa Artist in Residence, Tel Aviv, Israel; ​2017 – Iaspis, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’sInternational Programme for Visual and Applied Artists; 2016 – Kulturradet Stipend for graduate Artists, Tromso, Norway; 2016 – Junge Akademie one year Scholarship, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany; 2014-2015 – Quota Scheme, two Years Scholarship, Tromso, Norway; 2011 – Artist in Residence, Zoma Contemporary Art Center, Harla, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia; Freedom from Fear, Norman Rockwell Foundation, US Embassy, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia; 2010 – Gold Medal for Outstanding Student of the Year, Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia

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